Paris, France
The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."
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Paris, France
Pitié-Salpêtrière was the dumping grounds for women who received the dreaded diagnosis of "hysterical."
Paris, France
Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.
Paris, France
A majestic lion statue guards this Parisian botanical garden, and feeds on an unsettling item.
Paris, France
Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.
Paris, France
The ruins of a Duke's bucolic dream, where camels once roamed alongside "Dutch" windmills and faux-Italian vineyards.
Paris, France
Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.
Paris, France
Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.
Paris, France
Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.
Paris, France
Behind the pink curtain, Au Bonheur du Jour, an art gallery of erotic archives.
Paris, France
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Helena, Montana
Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.
Columbia Falls, Montana
A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.
Philipsburg, Montana
A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."
Butte, Montana
The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.
Polson, Montana
With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."
Boulder, Montana
This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
West Glacier, Montana
This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.
Drummond, Montana
This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.